Florida man sues for right to marry his laptop

A Florida man is suing Texas for denying him the right to marry his Apple laptop computer.

Mark "Chris" Sevier filed suit against a Houston-area county clerk, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton after he was denied a license to marry his 2011 Macbook computer. According to the Houston Press, Sevier is trying to prove that marriage between a same-sex couple has the same legitimacy as a human marrying an inanimate object.

"The question is, should we have policies that encourage that kind of lifestyle?" Sevier told the Houston Press. "The state is not doing anyone any favors by encouraging people to live that lifestyle. We have to define marriage."

Sevier, who previously worked as an attorney in Tennessee but now describes himself as a Christian music producer, filed a similar suit two years ago in Florida. Servier has reportedly had several run-ins with the law, including charges of stalking a 17-year-old girl and country music star John Rich. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School but his law license was suspended in 2011 due to a mental disability, WATE reported.

Texas AG Paxton has asked a federal court to drop the laptop lawsuit.

"The right to marry one's computer is not an interest, objectively, deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition such that it qualifies as a protected interest," Paxton told the court.